Detail View: Medieval Collection: Lower cover binding

Image Number: 
JRL0930802dc
Reference Number: 
English MS 91
Previous Accession Number: 
R55397
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Lower cover binding
Parent Work Title: 
Holy Bible
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Wycliffe Later Version Bible
Creator Attribution: 
Wycliffe, John, -1384
Display Creator: 
Wycliffe, John, d. 1384
Date Created: 
15th century
Page: 
Lower cover
Image Sequence Number: 
274v
Description: 
Bound in red velvet and ornamented with metal bosses on all corners. Metal clasps at the foredge; the fasteners are missing. Front board decorated with a leather centre piece framing a small obscured illumination. The leather is decorated with gold tooling.
Subject: 
Bookbinding
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used: 
Gold tooling
Support: 
Leather
Support: 
Wood
Support: 
Velvet
Item Height: 
385 mm
Item Width: 
262 mm
Current Repository: 
John Rylands University Library, The University of Manchester, U.K.
Provenance: 
Lilburn, Charles
Provenance: 
Breedon, John Symonds, Bere Court, Berkshire
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2009-08-12
Multi Page Number: 
2740
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2010-06
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB